On 31 May, the European Parliament approved by 338 votes to 98 and 59 abstentions the report by the elected members of the Spanish Partido popular and the Portuguese Socialist Party, Inigo Mendez de Vigo and Antonio José Seguro, on the Treaty of Nice and the future of the European Union (for the plenary debate in Brussels, see EUROPE of 1 June, pages 3 to 6). The Parliament, which took a stance before the Treaty of Nice was rejected by the Irish, makes its assent, which is not binding,...